Having the properties, quality, or characteristics of balsam; soothing, healing, or fragrant like balsam.
From 'balsam' (derived from Greek 'balsamon' and Arabic 'balsam') combined with the suffix '-itic' (relating to); used in medical, aromatic, and poetic contexts to describe balsam-like substances.
Medieval physicians were obsessed with balsamitic substances because they believed aromatic healing oils could literally perfume disease away—it's embarrassingly wrong but also kind of poetic, and it led to the development of actual useful pharmaceuticals.
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